Q: How did you first learn about JJK Security and Investigations? What made you decide to apply for a job there?

A: I was out of work — I had been working for another security company. I went to a temp agency. They said they knew of a company that was local and that was probably hiring. That led me to JJK.

Q: What was your first meeting with Joan like?

A: I was being interviewed for hire, and Chief came in from her office to the conference room. She spoke, and I looked up and I said to myself, “Who the hell is this?” I was mesmerized by her. She sat down and I was like, “She is so beautiful.” She was telling me how long the company had been in existence. I just kept thinking she was my age — at the time I was 32. I was computing in my head, “How could she have the company that long? She’d have to have had it when she was 18. Was that allowed?” My head was spinning. I was offered less pay than I was used to, and I would have turned it down if it was just about the money. I just could not say no. I took that wage because I wanted to know this person who owned this company.

Q: What’s your greatest strength in your job?

A: I think I hold a level of respect for everybody, across the board: client, visitor, employee. I see everybody as who they are and try to be respectful of that. I think I’ve been able to get a lot accomplished with that behavior. Employees do what I ask them to do and have provided a lot of respect back.

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Q: What is your favorite part of your job?

A: Tending to Chief.

Q: You seem very good at that. It’s like you anticipate her needs even before she does.

A: Well, thank you. It’s been twelve years, so I’ve gotten to know her pretty well.

Q: You’ve said that in a past life, you were married to Chief, and that she was an Egyptian princess. What else do you remember?

A: I was a eunuch in charge of her area in the palace. I was a guard at her door, so I fetched things and served her… in that manner. Being a eunuch, I could be with a princess and they wouldn’t worry about any sexual boo-hoo going on. I was at her beck and call.

Q: In five words or less, how would you describe your relationship with each member of the JJK team: Christa, Brian, Irwin, Chief, Lambchop?

Q: How did you feel about revealing you were once a woman on national television?

A: I’m OK with it. I knew this whole thing [the show] was coming about, so that would be part of the story. It’s just a matter of fact. And that’s simply the way I view it: It’s a fact. But that’s not my life now.